My Little Galaxy (Rewrite)

• Within The Rift "MLP-G4", AKA the "Equuleus Verse". Year 800 of Celestia's Rule.

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The Doctor appeared within the Princess's throne room, not bothering to give his usual fan fair. Leaving his TARDIS in the Void. He looked on at the false Alicorn, on her throne of gold and cushions. She had a deep aversion to Queens, thanks to her efforts against the Alicorn Dynasty, some thousand years ago.

The Doctor found himself staring down the avatar of a living planet, Celestia, herself.

Starswirl chose her name to relate to a planetary body. While also playing up the "Divine" nature of such an entity. Though this Avatar was much weaker then her real body, it was still very powerful.

Celestia simply raised an amused eyebrow, at the true Celestial being before her.

The Doctor looked at the false pony... although they were both pretending to be ponies, they recognized the other as strangers to this world.

"You owe me a favor." The Doctor calmly informed the avatar. "I plan to live as a mortal, and so I need you to hide me, and possibly keep me in check." The Doctor pulled out a fob watch, "My mind, and my power, will be trapped in here. Never open it unless the situation is truly dire."

Celestia gave a teasing smile, "And I should agree to this because~ ? You have many enemies Doctor. Just attempting to hide you could draw them here."

The Doctor lowered the watch and glared, "You're a living planet. This pony shell of yours may have become weak, from spending too long away from your true body, but if you wanted, your sun could blast a fleet from the sky long before it reached the planet."

That was a lie, Celestia couldn't handle a fleet like the one coming for him. However, it was unlikely they would think to look for him here.

This rift in space, with it's mere thousands of island worlds, was so obscure, it was unlikely others would think to look for him here.

Planet Equus was, by far, the most peaceful planet he had ever known. Largely in part because of Celestia's rule.

But also because, the naturally evolved species of Equine, were blessed by Harmony magics. By one of the Doctor's own Tenza Children, Poseidon, himself.

Given all that, the Doctor could easily hide here.... but be welcome.

"Besides, you owe me. I saved you, and your sister, from certain death during the Time War! I'm calling that in."

Celestia stiffened, her face becoming serious, "That's a rather large favor to cash in." She was only a child, during those times... and while the Doctor saved her and her sister, the rest of their family was lost.

"I realize that." The Doctor looked so stern. Celestia knew she didn't actually have a choice. "What I'm asking for is equal payment."

"How long do you plan to stay?" asked the living planet.

"... Until I die,"

Celestia tried to contain her shock, "You... wish to die..."

"I want to live one final life. A real life. I'm tired of living forever, of constantly making a mess of things... I want to take my place on the great wheel. See this life to it's proper end...

"If I die, while in mortal form, with the godly power locked away in here... I will die permanently. Will even get reincarnated as something new eventually, with no memories of my previous life, just like the rest of you...

"Just so long as you never open this watch, while I'm living. Once I pass, the power in the watch will fade, and I'll be truly mortal again...

"... please... I need this."

Celestia sighed. She never could resist a plea for help. "Very well Doctor... but I have one question... What, is a Watch?"

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And so the Doctor sealed himself away, unknowingly living as the Time Pony "Clockwork". With memories of a tragic foalhood... that mirrored his own... only in his pony life, he was saved by Celestia.

Clockwork remembered nothing, of his life as a god, but what he did remember, was some imagined birth mother. Whom was only a teenager when she got pregnant. Although her high class family was willing to forgive that.

She was an important noble of a high-class unicorn family. They expected so much of her, wanting her to continue their upper-class legacy and their sophisticated bloodline.

She failed to meet their expectations, the second she met a certain lower class Earth pony.

What started from a small fling led to her pregnancy. Her parents disowned her, when they saw, with their own eyes, that their grandchild was an Earth pony and not a unicorn.

His mother was alone; no parents, no family, not even the lover she had met. The only bloodline left was now her son. She raised him the best she could, until Clockwork was 19, when an accident took her away.

He was alone, no one to look after him. Seeing as ponies aren't legally adults until they turn 30, he couldn't exactly live on his own.

Sadly he was too old for an orphanage, and didn't have money for an apprenticeship. He did something truly desperate. He knew Celestia had a habit of taking care of orphans, and according to his mother, he was actually related to her...

So he got a private audience with the sun god. She was a benevolent matriarch and never considered herself to high and mighty to talk with the peasants. Anypony could get an audience with the princess.

He went to her, told her who he was, and asked her for help... he didn't expect her to adopt him. She took him in and began spoiling the hell out of him.